From: Usual food intakes of 2- and 3-year old U.S. children are not consistent with dietary guidelines
 |  | 2- and 3-year olds | 2-year olds | 3-year olds | |||
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Food Group | Recommended daily intake amounta | Mean usual intake Mean (SE) | % Below | Mean usual intake Mean (SE) | % Below | Mean usual intake Mean (SE) | % Below |
Vegetablesb | 1 cup | 0.64 (0.01) | 91.4 | 0.64 (0.01) | 92.1 | 0.63 (0.01) | 91.7 |
Red and orange vegetablesc | 0.36 cup | 0.22 (0.00) | 99.3 | 0.21 (0.00) | 94.2 | 0.22 (0.00) | 93.0 |
Starchy vegetablesc | 0.29 cup | 0.22 (0.00) | 75.9 | 0.24 (0.00) | 77.1 | 0.21 (0.01) | 77.3 |
Other vegetablesc | 0.21 cup | 0.14 (0.00) | 84.5 | 0.14 (0.00) | 88.4 | 0.15 (0.00) | 79.8 |
Fruits | 1 cup | 1.49 (0.02) | 32.1 | 1.52 (0.03) | 28.2 | 1.45 (0.04) | 36.0 |
Whole fruitd | 0.5 cup | 0.82 (0.01) | 27.4 | 0.87 (0.02) | 23.5 | 0.76 (0.02) | 33.9 |
Grains | 3Â oz. | 4.16 (0.03) | 16.3 | 3.96 (0.05) | 23.1 | 4.37 (0.04) | 11.1 |
Whole grains | 1.5Â oz. | 0.85 (0.01) | 93.6 | 0.91 (0.03) | 84.4 | 0.78 (0.01) | 98.3 |
Dairy | 2 cups | 2.21 (0.03) | 47.7 | 2.18 (0.05) | 49.9 | 2.23 (0.04) | 45.6 |
Protein foodse | 2Â oz. | 2.59 (0.03) | 31.9 | 2.49 (0.05) | 39.5 | 2.69 (0.03) | 19.5 |
Oilsf | 15 g | 7.18 (0.07) | ≥99 | 6.47 (0.04) | ≥99 | 7.90 (0.14) | ≥99 |
 |  |  | % Above |  | % Above |  | % Above |
Discretionary Calories from Solid Fats + Added Sugarsf,g | 150 calories | 409 (3.6) | ≥99 | 385 (4.5) | ≥99 | 434 (1.2) | ≥99 |